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I Letters Patent No. 60,728, dated January 1, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES EOE SPINNING, TWISTING, AND RELING.

TO WEOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

Be it vknown that we, GEORGE HOOVER and ARTEMUS HADLEY, of Richmond, Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvement-s in Spinning, Twisting, and Keeling Machines and d'0 hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the saine, reference being had `.to the drawings which accompany th'is specification, forming a part thereof, and to the letters of reference which are marked thereon. yln the drawings- AFigure 1 is a front elevation of our machine.

Figure 2 is an end elevation.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section of the upper portion of the machine, taken at the red line :u

Figure 4 is a top view of the clove-clamp or sash.

Lilie letters refer to like parts.

Our invention consists in an arrangement and, combination of mechanical devices, consolidated in a single machine, by which we produce al spinning, twisting, andl reeling machine, operated by hand, simple in its construction and eli'ective in its operation.

In tig.- 1, a a a a represent the framing, which is of ordinary form- The driving-wheel, revolves on the shaft, rit, tig. 2, to which a handle is attached to put it in motion, and is secured across the end of the frame in suitable bearings. The pulley, e, upon the opposite end of the frame, revolves upon a shaft, secured in a similar manner` Across the upper portion of the frame are parallel bars, H H,Aprovided with holes a suitable distance apart, into which are inserted spindles, z' z' z' z' z', c. Each oi`- these spindles is provided with a pulley rigidly attached, the outer edges of which are grooved to receive a' driving-cord, the spindle terminating in a point, and of suiiicient length to receive and revolve a bobbin. The friction-pulleys, e e e e, `are attached to the upper 'crosspiece of the framing at points between the spindle-pulleys, and extend downward to a line below the level of the upper surfaces ,of the spindle-pulleys, their circumferences being provided with a groove similar to the spindle-pulleys, i`or the purpose of receiving the driving-cord, and they are intended to press the driving-cord upon the`spindlepulleys to a degree sucient to insure their revolutions. The shaft, F, is placed across the upper vportion of the framing, with suitable bearings, and is provided with a y or feller wire, jj, which is operatedby the partial revolutions of the shaft F. The spring F operates the shaft F, and serves to held the ily jj' up against theA-plateiH. Upon the outside of the frame is a crank-lever, O, which operates the shaft F, as seen in g. 2, where? represents a spring-trigger operated by the cord q. A is a sliding sash or cl.f1.nip-clove, having a vertical motion and Working upon the guides -h h, by means of eyes .orloops in the ends of the saine. The sash is provided with a handle, B, by 'means of which the operator raises and lowers the sash in the process of spinning. C is a cam lever, the cam of which Works against the post of the' handle, and serves to open the jaws of the sash to allow the free passage of the rovingl for theA `succeeding threads, the jaws being closed by the action of the spring A, tig. 3. The weights, ffv, are counterbalances to the sash, and are suspended by the cords, g g. 4Upon the top of the sash are placed bobbins, k k, from two or more of which the threads may be twisted, as shown at fig. 1, by the dotted lines. One end of the sashA is provided with a. curved arm a', iig. 3, which serves to bring the ily forward during the act of spinning, and it is thus held in position until the thread is suii'iciently twisted,when by the upward action of'the sash the rod q releases the bent crank-lever O, the iiy jj is brought back tothe bar H, and the yarn is thus carried back to the but of the bobbin `and wound up, when the curved arm a brings the lyjj out to the front of the spindles far enough to again lock or detain by crank Gand-spring p, where it remains until it is released by the upward motion of the sash A acting upon the rod q. The spur-wheel cZ is secured to the lshaft n, upon 'which it revolves, being-operated by a single cog upon tho shaft m, of lthe driving-wheel b, producing one revolution of the cog or spur-wheel cl, te every sixty revolutions o'i the driving-wheel b. A projection upon the centre of the outside of .the spur-wheel l is provided with a single recess into which a click-spring,`l, works, giving warning of the completion of each cut in reeling. G is a rolls-shaft, placed lengthwise of the framing in the central portion shown, and near the b ittom, revolving upon suitable bearings, a number of endless rolls equal te the number of spindles being placed herein for use. The functions of the rolls-shaft G consist in its being the shaft orjournal upon which the rovings are wound separately of any desired length, and in number equal to the number of threads to be spun, ai.. d which turns upon 2. wasA its axis when actuated by the stressof the said rovngs, when operated by the jaw A2. These rovings ere termed endless es eontradistinguished from the ordinary sheet-rolls, they being susceptible of being Wound upon the rolls-shaft `of any desired length- The hinges D D, fig. 4, connect the sash A and jaw Az, and produce a. parallel motion of the jaw as it is opened and shut bythe operation of the cum lever. C. E', the driving-belt or cord, passes from the driving-wheel?) to the pulley c, when n second belt or oord, E, passes from the pulley c to the pulley z', us'shown by the dotted lines fig. 1. This belt or oord, E E E, passes betweenthe line of spindlepu-lleys end'the line of'pressure-pulleys, {itting into the grooves in euch und imparting motion to the fermer by means of the pressure exerted by the letter; seid pulley, c, being adjustable by means of n slot in the framing when the journal of seid pulley is seeured by a, screw-bolt, so that said d1'ivingbelts or cords', E und E', can be made tight or loose as occasion requires. By this arrangement Werpoduee a, uniform motion of eny requisite number of spindles in line by u single driving-belt. It will be seen that our` use of the spindle is simply asn. stem for the bobbin, and that the twisting and Winding of the thread, or in other'words the spinning und the winding up of thesame, are performed byend upon the bobbin directly instead of the' spindle, the, spindle for this purpose beingof, such lengthfels not to'projeet beyond the end of the bebbin.

Wha-t We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'Petent, is v The arrangement and combination oi` the mechanical devices herein set forth 'and described for producing' a. spinning, twisting, and reelingmeehine, substantially as set forth und for the purposesldeseribed GEO. HOOVER, p ARTEMUS N. HADLEY.

Witnesses:

M` M. LACEY,4 WM. T. DENNIS. 

